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Gentrification

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Are New York’s eccentric street characters being pushed out?

Save NYC street culture — Filmmaker Nicolas Heller’s No Your City web series celebrates the city’s larger than life characters, who are being threatened by ongoing gentrification of the Big Apple.

Written by: Alex King
Reportage

New Yorkers are fighting to save the soul of their city

Stop NYC eating its children — Gentrification is suffocating New York’s creative culture. We spoke to #SaveNYC campaign founder Jeremiah Moss to find out why it’s time to fight back.

Written by: Alex King
Opinion

Is New York still a city of dreams?

No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.

Written by: Alex King
Reportage

Can Russell Brand's Trew Era Café kick off a social change revolution?

Coffee shop revolutionary — Russell Brand's new social enterprise café on Hoxton's New Era estate is an ambitious attempt to kickstart people-powered change.

Written by: Megan White
Reportage

A battle is raging for the soul of New York City

We need to #SaveNYC — Gentrification is taking its toll on the city’s cultural fabric. Artist and photographer Clayton Patterson throws his weight behind the #SaveNYC campaign.

Written by: Alex King
Magazine

The Lower East Side playlist

NYC's counterculture petri dish — Artist, photographer and popular historian Clayton Patterson is our guide to the best of the Lower East Side's alternative culture.

Written by: Alex Taylor

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